“Hang Zelensky”: how the New Year tree will be decorated in Ukraine

These are not the only interesting Christmas tree decorations

“Now anyone can hang Zelensky. For starters, on the Christmas tree” – under this advertising slogan, offers for the sale of New Year’s balls are spreading throughout the Ukrainian network. With the appearance of the president and a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What else is being hung on the Christmas tree in Nezalezhnaya, MK found out.

A set of two Christmas tree decorations was put up for sale in Ukrainian stores: a gold ball with Zelensky’s image and a silver one with a Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter. Such splendor costs 380 UAH with a discount, that is, almost a thousand rubles! The site itself describes the design as “patriotic.” Some users supported him, but noted that birch rather than Christmas tree is better suited for such matters. Others were indignant, saying that they still have to spend money on this. But these balls are not the whole “taste” of Ukrainian Christmas tree decorations.

Christmas tree balls in Ukraine – for every taste: with military aircraft and the inscription “ghost of Kyiv”, and with a cute cat waving against the backdrop of a sinking Russian ship, and a tractor with the Ukrainian flag. And just all kinds of symbols of Ukraine. Apparently, so that in the heat of the holidays you don’t accidentally forget that you are Ukrainian.

Stores sell toys with the slogan “Say “palyanitsa.” This phrase is designated as “an easy way to distinguish a Ukrainian from a Russian.” Since the beginning of the SVO, according to an urban legend widespread in Ukraine, it is believed that many Russian saboteurs were exposed at Ukrainian Armed Forces checkpoints because they failed to pronounce the word “palyanitsa” correctly. Why does a Ukrainian need such a slogan on a Christmas tree? Apparently, in order to identify Russian saboteurs approaching the Christmas tree at home.

You can also hang small knitted sweaters on the Christmas tree with the caption “I Believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” Apparently, in anticipation of the cold winter and heating problems, they will stock up on sweaters for the Christmas tree.

The New Year’s table will also be patriotic. Photos of the updated menu of one of the Ukrainian cafes have appeared on the Internet. Now they serve not Kiev-style cutlets, but “Kiv-style” cutlets. A sort of cannibalistic reference to the death of Ilya Kiva.

The Ukrainian media began to distribute menus for the New Year from original Ukrainian dishes, so as not to be limited to boiled pork and jelly on the table. It consists of sandwiches with herring, mushroom appetizers, salad with feta cheese and salad with baked chicken, vereshchaky (pork belly stewed in beet kvass) and tovchanka (mashed potatoes with beans).

True, this may not only be a matter of patriotism, but of rising food prices. New Year’s menu of dishes traditional for the table of the average family: salads, meat and fish products, vegetables, fruits, bakery and confectionery products, drinks – will cost a family of 4 people in the amount of about 2879.15 hryvnia (almost 8 thousand rubles) , that is, 8.4% more expensive than last year. The director of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences Yuri Lupenko spoke about this. “How much will a table cost a pensioner whose pension is 3,000 hryvnia?” – they ask under the material. And the pensioner, apparently, instead of Olivier will have to eat only sandwiches with herring and tovchanka.

In general, Ukrainians are preparing for the New Year as best they can. We are waiting for numerous photos from Square with Zelensky on the Christmas tree.